Required
Materials
I
will use the Fifth Edition of the casebook by Robert P. Merges, Peter S. Menell, and Mark A. Lemley entitled Intellectual
Property in the New Technological Age and the 2011 Supplement for that casebook. (Please do not purchase earlier
editions of the casebook or supplement.)
Reading Assignments
I. Introduction
8/22: Pages 1-31 of the casebook ("CB")
II. Trade Secret Protection
8/24: CB 33-65
8/29: CB 66-91
8/31: CB 91-123; Write and turn in essay
response to trade secret question from past exam
III. Patent Law
9/5:
Labor Day Holiday - no class. Optional reading: Appendix A and B of the Supplement
9/7: CB 125-46; Supp. 3-27 (Bilski)
9/12: CB 163-201
9/14: Supp. 28-48 (Ariad); CB
203-16
9/19:
CB 216-35; Supp. 49
9/21:
CB 235-70
9/26:
CB 270-317
9/28:
CB 318-43
10/3:
CB 343-71; Supp. 51-52 (Therasense); CB 377-93
10/5: CB 393-409; Write and turn in essay response to patent question from past
exam
IV. Copyright Law
10/10: CB 411-31
10/12: CB 431-63
10/17: CB 463-85
10/19: CB 486-518
10/24: CB 518-38
10/26: CB 539-81
10/31: CB 581-622
11/2: CB 622-64
11/7: CB 664-702
11/9: CB 702-13, 722-32
V. Trademark Law
11/9: CB 733-51
11/14: CB 751-96
11/16: CB 796-824
11/21: CB 824-72
11/23: Wednesday before Thanksgiving - no class
11/28: CB 860-72, Supp. 53-66, CB 879-90, CB 1020-22, CB 890-97
11/29, 1-2pm: Optional Review session -
Answer the copyright and trademark question from the 2009 IP Survey Exam (posted on the Course Materials page of TWEN)
11/30: CB 900-40, CB 947-48
